Part of World Trade Center backdrops 9-11 ceremony with troops in Afghanistan

Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti (center) and Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell (left), the commander and command sergeant major of ISAF Joint Command respectively, salute the colors during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the attacks of 9/11. A steel remnant...

Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division color guard perform movements during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. A remnant from Ground Zero stands tall among NATO flags to serve as a constant reminder to all...

The 9/11 memorial at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field stands as a reminder to all U.S. troops why they are serving and fighting so far from home. The memorial was created from scrap steel found at Ground Zero. The beam was...

The 9/11 memorial at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field stands as a reminder to all U.S. troops why they are serving and fighting so far from home. The memorial was created from scrap steel found at Ground Zero. The beam was...

Command Sgt. Major Isaia Vimoto and Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, the command sergeant major and commander of Regional Command East, respectively, salute the colors during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the attacks of 9/11. A remnant from Ground Zero...

Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti (center) and Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell (left), the commander and command sergeant major of ISAF Joint Command respectively, salute the colors during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the attacks of 9/11. A steel remnant...

Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division color guard perform movements during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. A remnant from Ground Zero stands tall among NATO flags to serve as a constant reminder to all...

The 9/11 memorial at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field stands as a reminder to all U.S. troops why they are serving and fighting so far from home. The memorial was created from scrap steel found at Ground Zero. The beam was...

The 9/11 memorial at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field stands as a reminder to all U.S. troops why they are serving and fighting so far from home. The memorial was created from scrap steel found at Ground Zero. The beam was...

Command Sgt. Major Isaia Vimoto and Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, the command sergeant major and commander of Regional Command East, respectively, salute the colors during a ceremony in Bagram remembering the attacks of 9/11. A remnant from Ground Zero...